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On Way To Look At Mars
A giant tandem balloon system floats into the sky at Pales
tine, on way to 15 miles above the earth to look at the planet
Mars through a 36-inch telescope. The telescope can be
seen suspended below the balloon. The 600-feet tall system
revealed an atmosphere surrounding Mars that may be
able of supporting some form of life. Scientists say
further study would be necessary before a final decision
can be made. (AP Wirephoto)
Che Battalion
Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1963
Number 75
Name-Change Bill Readied
For Introduction To House
YMCA Forum
Begins Tonight
On Love Topic
Aggies will be able to deter
mine Tuesday night, “How Can
You Tell If It’s Love,,” during the
second annual Marriage Forums,
to be held at 7:30 p.m. in the
YMCA.
Tuesday’s session, the first of
a series of four scheduled meet
ings, will host Dr. Sidney Hamil
ton of North Texas State Univer
sity.
The other speakers featured in
this year’s forums; will be Dr. Ro
bert Ledbetter, Dr. Glenn V. Ram
sey and Dr. Charles F. Kemp.
HAMILTON, THE only return
ing speaker from last year’s ses
sion, is one of five Texams to hold
full membership in the American
Association of Marriage Counsel
ors., He is the author of three
psychology textbooks and has ap
peared on campus sfeveral times.
THERE MA Y BE LIFE
Balloon Soars 15 Miles
To Take Look At Mars
Information obtained during the
flight of the Stratoscope II bal
loon will be used in future classes
nlhe Department of Oceanogra-
)hy and Meteorology, according to
DiI Vance Moyer, pi’ofessor.
["The scientist announced Monday
tat the flight revealed the pres-
inCe of water vapor and carbon
lidxide on Mars. A preliminary
report stated that, “life on the
planet would be marginal at best.”
fThe preliminary summary of the
findings of the tandem balloon
tarrying a huge telescope and
sensing equipment to an altitude
of nearly 80,000 feet this past
weekend was released at a news
conference in Palestine.
|•‘A VERY preliminary scientific
analysis of the infrared tracing's
of Mars taken on the flight shows
that the telescope did observe the
infrared spectrum of the planet,
feat it recorded bands that can be
attributed to water vapor and car
bon dioxide and that the amounts
of these can be determined from
the tracings,” the report said.
During the news conference, Dr.
Harold Weaver of the University
of California stressed the prelimi
nary study only indicates the pres
ence of the two life-sustaining sub
stances and that it will take as
long as three months to digest and
evaluate the findings.
Fourteen scientists and admin
istrative personnel at the National
Scientific Balloon Flight Station
composed the panel that met with
newsmen.
THE FLIGHT Station at Pales
tine was established by the Na
tional Center for Atmospheric Re
search.
A&M is a member of the Uni
versity Corporation for Atmos-
Wire
Review
By The Associated Press
U. S. NEWS
■WASHINGTON — The Supreme
Pourt ruled Monday that the na
tion’s railroads may change work
rules to eliminate thousands of
jobs which the carriers consider
unnecessary.
■The three-year battle over what
the railroads call “featherbedding”
Was propelled toward a showdown
■lich poses the threat of a na-
Konwide strike.
■The railroads said they would
act to put the rules into effect
promptly.
TEXAS NEWS
■ AUSTIN — The Senate and a
■ouse committee approved Mon-
■y two different versions of Gov.
B>hn Connally’s request to make
a long-range study of higher edu
ction needs in Texas.
■ The Senate approved a measure
■onday which would let Connally
lame 25 members of a committee
I) study education beyond the high
■hook
Students Offered
Makeups For Oral
Polio Immunization
Five hundred students will be
able to receive Type 1 oral polio
vaccine this week and next week
between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Dr.
Charles D. Lyons, Director of Stu
dent Health Services, announced
Monday.
Lyons said no fee would be charg
ed for this service.
Also, Types 2 and 3 will be given
for 50^ a dose to students who have
had Type 1.
Lyons reminded students that the
Type 1 sugar cube was given on
campus last Fall and Type 2 last
Summer. Those who have had
these vaccines should finish the
series. He said the normal sequ
ence is Type I, III and II.
If the normal schedule is follow
ed, students should wait six weeks
after taking Type I and another six
weeks after receiving Type III.
A two-month lapse should occur
between Types I and II if taken
in that order, Lyons said.
Lyons pointed out that the Type
III scare that swept the nation and
brought about a halt to clinics
which would give that vaccine has
passed and has been proved to
have been without basis.
pheric Research which established
NCAR to encourage scientific bal
loon projects. The University Cor
poration is composed of 13 univer
sities and one college (A&M).
Dr. John C. Calhoun, vice chan
cellor for development of the A&M
System, and Dr. Dale Leipper,
head of the Department of Ocean
ography and Meteorology, are
members of the Board of Trustees
of NCAR.
Because A&M is the nearest
member of the University Cor
poration to the Flig-ht Station it
was the duty of Calhoun, Leipper
and Moyer to represent the organi
zation in the early planning* to the
Stratoscope II flight.
A psychology teacher at North
Texas State University, Hamil
ton received his B.A. and M.A.
from NTSU, and his doctorate de
gree from New York University.
“ Making Marriage Meaningful,”
will be the topic of Ledbetter’s
speech on March 12. He is a form
er director of the Methodist Stu
dent Center in Austin, and is a
counselor at the University of
Texas Health Center.
ON MARCH 19, Ramsey will
speak on “The Sexual Aspects of
Married Life.” He is currently a
consulting phychologist in Austin,
and formerly a professor at Prince
ton University. Ramsey has been
awarded the Diplomate in Clinical
Psychology by the American Board
of Examiners in Professional Psy
chology and is a Fellow in the
American Psychological Associa
tion.
Kemp, of Texaxk Christian Uni
versity will close the forum series
with “Marrying* Outside Your
Faith,” on March 26. He has serv
ed as pastor for several churches
in Nebraska, New York and Iowa,
and is the author of seven books.
The forums are sponsored by the
YMCA.
More Hopefuls
Enter CS City
Council Races
The College Station City Council
race gained steam Saturday with
the entry of two more candidates
in a race for three positions. This
brings the total number of candi
dates to six.
Newest candidates to' toss their
hats in the ring are M. L. (Red)
Cashion running for Ward 1 and
E. C. (Ed) Garner trying for a
spot in Ward 3.
Cashion is with Burgess, Cashion
and Haddox Insurance Co., and
Garner is owner of the Sands
Motel and Student Co-op.
Earlier last week Robert R.
Rhodes and Gene Sutphen filed
for councilman of Ward 2, a posi
tion now held by D. A. Anderson.
Anderson has said he will not run,
but gives his support to Rhodes.
Rhodes is an associate professor
in the Department of Range and
Forestry; Sutphen is owner of
Aggieland Studio.
Candidates by wards are as
follows:
Ward 1—J. A. Orr (incumbent)
and M. L. Cashion.
Ward 2’—R. R. Rhodes and Gene
Sutphen.
Ward 3—A. L. Rosprim (incum
bent) and E. C. Garner.
God In Literature
Topic For Service
“Practically Speaking, Does
God Exist in Contemporary Lit
erature?” is the topic to be dis
cussed at Wednesday’s Faculty
Christian Fellowship meeting by
Allen Schrader, assistant profes
sor in the Department of Eng
lish.
The program, scheduled at 7
a.m. at All Faiths Chapel will be
followed with coffee and dough
nuts at the YMCA Building.
JACK H. BARTON
Ag Extension
Conservationist
Given Award
Jack H. Barton, conservationist
for the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice, has been named winner of
an American Motors Conservation
Award.
Barton holds the position of soil
and water conservation specialist
and Blacklands coordinator for the
extension service.
The award consists of a bronze
plague and $500. It is one of ten
given annually to professional con
servationists employed by non-prof
it agencies who “have performed
exceptional service in conservation
and who exemplify their profes
sion.”
The award was in recognition of
Barton’s assistance in developing
and leading* stubble-mulching pro
grams in Texas’ Blacklands area.
Stubble-mulching, a method of
plowing that leaves maximum sur
face residue prevents soil damage
from wind and rain and helps soil
to retain water.
In 1960, Barton helped establish
a Stubble-Mulching Jamboree, and
since then has assisted in the or-
ganzing of state and national stub
ble-mulching contests.
Barton has been a leader in
many other soil and water conser
vation activities including chair
manship of the A&M Water Re
sources Committee.
Haines To Make
Bill Presentation
AUSTIN—The bill to change A&M’s name to Texas A&M
University was being readied for introduction in the House
of Representatives this afternoon.
Rep. David G. Haines of College Station, who will make
the presentation, received the name-change request from
administration officials last week.
Both Haines and Senator W. T. (Bill) Moore of Bryan
have predicted an easy time for the bill, although Moore has
called the proposed name “a serious mistake.”
The name-change, requested by the A&M System Board
of Directors Feb. 23, calls for the school to become Texas
A&M University, and the system to be the Texas A&M Uni
versity System. In this name 4-
“A&M” would stand alone and
not represent “Agricultural
and Mechanical.”
HAINES, WHO graduated
from A&M in 1951 and is serving
his first term in the legislature,
told The Battalion that the law
makers will give the 10 Aggies in
the House any name they wanted.
He said he anticipated no trouble
for the bill.
Likewise, Moore, a veteran sena
tor who graduated in 1940, doesn’t
believe the Senate will give the
bill a rough time. He did say, how
ever, that he thinks the new name
ought to be Texas State University
and the Agricultural and Mechani
cal College.
Two years ago the Board of Di
rectors requested a name-change
to Texas A&M University, but
Moore introduced a bill calling for
Texas State University to be the
new name. Moore’s bill was then
bogged down in the busy Senate
calendar, and died when it never
came to a vote.
MOORE CONTENDS that A&M
should grab the name Texas State
University before another school
such as Texas Tech decides it
wants it. Texas State University
follows the pattern of most land-
grant schools in changing their
names.
Last week Moore told The Bat
talion that he would not introduce
a separate name-change bill in the
upper house but he said he would
support Texas A&M University.
“I think the name selected by
the Board members is a serious
mistake. I prefer another name,
but I’ll go along with the Board
members because I feel sure that
they have good reasons for select
ing the name they did.”
STUDY ROOMS OPEN TODAY
Bagley Facilities To
As Cushing Library
Serve
Annex
Bagley Hall, a familiar sight
around campus since 1904, will be
put to new uses Tuesday as class
rooms on the first floor become the
Library Reading and Study Annex
of Cushing Library.
“The library cannot take care
of all students desiring study hall
facilities as well as those seeking
library materials and assistance,
so it has become imperative that
study rooms be made available
elsewhere on a similar schedule,”
Library Director Robert A. Houze
said.
Houze said that the blackboards
Two MSC Officials To Meet
At Conference This Month
Two officials of the Memorial
Student Center will attend the
national meeting of the Association
of College Unions March 10-13 at
White Sulfur Springs, W. Va.
The delegates representing A&M
will be J. Wayne Stark, director
of the MSC, and William B. Lan
caster, assistant director and busi
ness manager of the center.
Purpose of the meeting is to
get together all top officials of
student unions and centers from
all U.S. colleges and universities
to discuss ways of improving
unions and solving various prob
lems.
Lancaster left for the meeting
Sunday. He plans to visit several
universities en route and on the
way home to study their food ser
vices and accounting controls.
“I want to study their methods
and compare them to ours and to
get new ideas on the operation of
unions,” Lancaster said.
He will visit Davidson College,
North Carolina State College,
Duke University, the University of
North Carolina and the University
of Virginia. On the way home he
will visit the University of Tennes
see.
Stark, the 1958-59 president of
the international association, will
leave for the meeting Saturday.
in the annex will make it especially
advantageous to students wishing
to study together.
NO R E G U L A R L Y scheduled
class meetings were planned in
the building this semester in or
der that it could be put to use as
a reading and study annex.
Class rooms on the first floor of
Bagley Hall will be open from 8
a.m. to 11 p.m. on weekdays, 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. on Saturdays, and from
2 until 11 p.m. on Sundays for
studying.
LATER THIS year the Texas
Engineers Library collection will
be housed in certain rooms of the
building so that the new library
construction can get underway.
Hopes have been expressed that
work on the major library con
struction program will start this
summer or early in the fall and be
completed in about two years.
Dean of Instruction W. J. Graff
described the over-all plan involv
ing Bagley Hall as “an experiment
with the utilization of classroom
space” conducted as part of con
tinuing efforts to gain the most
effective use of teaching space.
Senate Passes
Governor’s Rill
On Education
AUSTIN —Gov. John Con
nally’s demands for free rein in
setting up a higher education study,
which brought on the session’s
first filibuster, passed the Senate
Monday.
The bill for a 25-member com
mission, all named by the gover
nor, goes to the House where a
subcommittee has had a similar
measure frozen for more than a
month.
“To try to take the politics out
of this study is like trying to take
politics out of politics,” argued
Sen. Andy Rogers, Childress.
Rogers staged a filibuster for
3% hours last Thursday, contend
ing that some commission mem
bers should be named by the legis
lative leaders, he first proposed
the governor, lieutenant governor,
and speaker should name five com
missioners each, with chairmen of
top Senate and House committee
seiwing as exofficio members.
ROGERS OFFERED a new
amendment Monday, proposing that
the governor be allowed 15 appoint
ments, the speaker five and the
lieutenant governor five.
“The governor wants this bill
passed as it was written,” Sen.
Walter Richter, Gonzales, told the
Senate.
Rogers’ amendment failed 28-2,
then the measure passed on to the
House by a 30-0 vote.
The Senate quit until 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday.
The House spent its morning
session listening to a controversy
concerning a printed report of a
one-man textbook investigation ses
sion in Dallas.
Rep. Ronald Roberts, Hillsboro,
asked a special legislative probe
over copies of the Dallas hearing
report being printed at state ex
pense, then sold for $2 each. Rep.
W. T. Dungan, McKinney, chair
man of a House group named by
the last legislature to look into
state textbook selection procedures,
said he spent $950 of his own
money holding the Dallas hearing.
CS Schools Plan
Visits By Parents
For Open Flouse
College Station schools have
scheduled numerous activities and
programs for Tuesday night in
celebrating Texas Public Schools
Week.
A&M Consolidated Elementary
School will have an open house
fi*om 6-7 p.m.; the junior high
school will have short class pe
riods with students and their par
ents from 7-8 p.m. The high school
will hold an open house from 8-9
p.m.; and at Lincoln High there
will be an open house from 7-8
p.m.
At all of the schools students’
work will be exhibited and teach
ers will be present to talk with
parents, according to Superintend
ent W. T. Riedel.